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Youssou N'Dour Newsletter
  • Youssou N'Dour says he is 'still passionate' about music 17 Apr 2025 02:18 GMT

  • 'Let's rock': world music icon Youssou N'Dour back on the road 16 Apr 2025 07:30 GMT

    A rat-a-tat percussion and keyboard riff, and Youssou N'Dour's voice tore through the dark Dakar sky, as the world music legend geared up to do what he does best -- rock through the night. With a new album out and a world tour starting this week, …

  • 'Tales of a traveling Toubabo'   An evening with Youssou n'Dour 07 Mar 2025 14:05 GMT

    He could diffuse an effusive squabble between a couple of tourists who'd a few too many Julbrews, he could placate a wayward Gambian girl who'd lost all her 'fish money' in the casino, persuade a lonely Toubab lady that she reminded him of …

  • Merry Jazz Festivus! 20 Apr 2025 16:35 GMT

    The first leg of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival begins this week, and with it comes the annual migration to the city of Jazz Dads and their unironic, if occasionally cringy, love of cargo shorts and Grateful Dead swag. For locals, this …

  • Youssou N'Dour on returning to his roots at this year's EIF: 'A song is not supposed to die' 26 Jul 2024 13:14 GMT

    Youssou N’Dour’s music crosses boundaries while remaining true to its roots. Fiona Shepherd talks to Africa’s most celebrated living musician As a young boy, Youssou N’Dour would sing outside a Dakar club called Miami. He was still too young to gain entry …

  • Youssou N'Dour awarded honorary degree at Berklee... 10 Jul 2024 17:47 GMT

    The honour was awarded to N’Dour in recognition of his impact on the music of the late 20th and early 21st centuries and for bringing the music and traditions of Senegal to an international audience. Berklee Valencia’s executive director, Simone Pilon, …

  • Remembering Amadou Bagayoko of the Iconic Duo Amadou & Mariam 07 Apr 2025 18:45 GMT

    Amadou Bagayoko of the Grammy-nominated duoAmadou & Mariam passed away on Friday, April 4. The 70-year-old singer and guitarist succumbed to a long illness, according to family. Thousands of people turned up to his funeral, held yesterday, April 6, in …

  • Thousands attend funeral of Malian star Amadou Bagayoko 07 Apr 2025 12:23 GMT

    Mark SavageMusic Correspondent ShareSave Amadou Bagayoko learned guitar by studying British bands like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd Thousands of people gathered in Mali on Sunday for the funeral of musician Amadou Bagayoko, of the world-renowned duo Amadou …

  • Amadou Bagayoko, guitarist and singer of Malian duo Amadou & Marian, dies at 70 07 Apr 2025 03:02 GMT

    Amadou Bagayoko, Malian singer, during the last concert of their tour in France, in Angers on November 29, 2024. DAVID PILLET/HANS LUCAS VIA AFP He was one of Mali's great guitarists, "an incredible guitarist," said singer Matthieu Chedid …

  • “A huge loss”: Tributes pour in after the death of Amadou Bagayoko 05 Apr 2025 18:14 GMT

    Since the announcement of Amadou Bagayoko's death on Friday, April 4, in Bamako at the age of 70, tributes have been pouring in to honor a key figure in African music. The man who formed the famous duo Amadou & Mariam with his wife Mariam Doumbia …

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